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Formation of Mission Earth

Edward Berwick

October 12, 2016 · Los Altos

I would remove link above from Ed and simply mention this was passed to me by Ed Berwick or some such.

The late Robert Vaughn Young on The Battlefield Earth saga: Title: Hubbard's "Mission Earth" - the rest of the story by Robert Vaughn Young.
Author: writer@eskimo.com (Robert Vaughn Young)
this
Possibly put an explanation of what Battlefield Earth books are, when they were published, that a film was made of them etc.

Date: 23 Feb 2000 00:08:01 GMT

Battlefield Earth Movie Page is HERE {120 TERRIBLE reviews - Very funny to read though}

Ant I think the above is meant to be a link to a web page. As it is not a live link I suggest removing everything in green.

Saturday, February 19, 2000

==L. RON HUBBARD'S MISSION EARTH: the rest of the story==

===by Robert Vaughn Young**===

A representative of Scientology's Dept. 20 Suggest an explanation of Dept 20) has claimed on ARS <ref>(This is the name of a chat group called Alt Religion Scientology. Here controversial points of view about Scientology were discussed, mostly by people who had left the organisation. Ed.)</ref> that I had
nothing to do with Hubbard's last work, "Mission Earth." I tend to ignore
the blathering of these sock puppets<ref> (definition neededsock puppet
noun 
1. a simple hand puppet made from a sock. 
a person whose actions are controlled by another. 
"a brainless sock puppet who only knows what to say because his handlers feed him his lines" 
a false online identity, typically created by a person or group in order to promote their own opinions or views. 
"both sides in the debate use sock puppets to make it seem as if scores of people are arguing a point"
) </ref> but I really took personal umbrage <ref>(was upset. Ed)</ref> at this one! I was Hubbard's editor and sometimes-ghost writer and I earned THAT battle ribbon!
I was working at Author Services, Inc. (ASI) which served as Hubbard's
"literary agency" as well as his personal representative. (For example,
ASI handled all of his personal income and bank accounts. ASI was also his secret command line into the Church of Scientology, which is another
subject.)

==IMAGE IS EVERYTHING, DUDE==

When Hubbard's manuscript of "Mission Earth" (or "ME" as we called it)
came in to Author Services, Inc. (ASI), it arrived as one volume, typed on legal-sized paper and on a manual [typewriter]. It came in a banker's box with each chapter in a separate file folder. And not ordinary file folders. I don't know where they got them but they were heavy, thick and dark red. It was pure Hubbard all the way: image at every turn, no matter how ridiculous you look. (Look at some of his self-portraits for photos of a man full of himself.)

The manuscript came with instructions. Hubbard said it should be cut up
into three or maybe ten sections and for us to decide and suggest. Well,
ten volumes make more money than three do so naturally we said ten. Great, he said, and more instructions followed.

=="THE GUY IN SUN GLASSES? HE'S DOING RESEARCH."==

I should interject here how we communicated with Hubbard. Until 1981, he had been operating secretly from La Quinta (code name "Rifle") and Gilman Hot Springs, both in the Southern California desert. At the time, he had staff around him and ways to get messages into various Scientology organizations. But in 1981, he was on the run and hiding. (We later called it "off doing research into the human spirit.") His wife Mary Sue and 10 other executives from Dept. 20 had stipulated to a variety of felonies including burglaries of federal offices and were sent to jail. Hubbard had been named a co-conspirator. And to make matters worse, he was being named in a series of lawsuits and attempts were being made to find and serve him. So Hubbard did the only thing a "real OT" would do. He ran and hid.

When two staff fled Gilman and their story appeared in a Riverside paper saying Hubbard had been hiding there, the cover on the base was completely blown. (I was called in to deal with that situation. How I handled it, converting it to Golden Era Studios, which it is today, was told in "Quill," the journal of the Society of Professional Journalists.) That
also meant that Hubbard no longer had his command lines into the Church of Scientology. That's why ASI was formed.

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 : ''This article first appeared on an early Internet list (ARS, the name of a chat group called Alt Religion Scientology). Here controversial points of view about Scientology were discussed, mostly by people who had left the organisation). The book Battlefield Earth was first published in 1982 in a single volume paperback of 1068 pages and was later made into a film. See also the detailed story is given by Robert Vaughn Young.
-:'''''Ron Hubbard died in January 1986. According to the account below at that time only the first few of 10 volumes were prepared. However the full book (very unabridged) the first copyright date was 1982. That to me looks mysterious so until I or somebody else sorts it out I am leaving this in my sandbox. [Antony Phillips]
+:'''''Ron Hubbard died in January 1986. According to the account below at that time only the first few of 10 volumes were prepared. However the full book (very unabridged) the first copyright date was 1982. That to me looks mysterious so until I or somebody else sorts it out I am leaving this in my sandbox. [Antony Phillips]'''''The following is part of anonymous answer I got to this request for data and I will hopefully with a bit of help get the data included in this article.<br />
 : ''The copy of Robert Vaughn Young's article below came to us in 2017 with the following note: "Battlefield Earth Movie Page is HERE {120 TERRIBLE reviews - Very funny to read though}" but when it came to us the link was missing. You might try this link: [[https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/battlefield-earth-2000]]. The article was first sent in the very early days of Internet when there were very few methods of emphasising a word or sentence (and there were no pictures). The main way of emphasising was to write words or sentences in block letters and we have retained that method (for the moment anyway).

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   'L.Ron Hubbard's ''Mission Earth'' '
+[[File:Battlefield Earth 1982 3D.jpg|right|border|284x460px]]
 : ''The late Robert Vaughn Young on The Battlefield Earth saga: Title: Hubbard's "Mission Earth" - the rest of the story by Robert Vaughn Young. Author: writer@eskimo.com (Robert Vaughn Young)
-: This article first appeared on an early Internet list (ARS, the name of a chat group called Alt Religion Scientology. Here controversial points of view about Scientology were discussed, mostly by people who had left the organisation). The book Battlefield Earth was first published in 1982 in a single volume paperback of 1068 pages and was later made into a film. See also the detailed story is given by Robert Vaughn Young.
+: ''This article first appeared on an early Internet list (ARS, the name of a chat group called Alt Religion Scientology). Here controversial points of view about Scientology were discussed, mostly by people who had left the organisation). The book Battlefield Earth was first published in 1982 in a single volume paperback of 1068 pages and was later made into a film. See also the detailed story is given by Robert Vaughn Young.
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-:'''''Ron Hubbard died in January 1986. According to the account below that point only the first few of 10 volumes were prepared from. However the full book (very unabridged) the first copyright date was 1982. That to me looks mysterious so until I or somebody else sorts it out I am leaving this in my sandbox. [[Antony Phillips]]
-: The copy of Robert Vaughn Young's article below came to us in 2017 with the following note: "Battlefield Earth Movie Page is HERE {120 TERRIBLE reviews - Very funny to read though}" but when it came to us the link was missing. You might try this link: [this [https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/battlefield-earth-2000]]
+: ''The copy of Robert Vaughn Young's article below came to us in 2017 with the following note: "Battlefield Earth Movie Page is HERE {120 TERRIBLE reviews - Very funny to read though}" but when it came to us the link was missing. You might try this link: [[https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/battlefield-earth-2000]]. The article was first sent in the very early days of Internet when there were very few methods of emphasising a word or sentence (and there were no pictures). The main way of emphasising was to write words or sentences in block letters and we have retained that method (for the moment anyway).
 :'' The article was apparently written on: Saturday, February 19, 2000

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 And that, my friends, is the "rest of the story."
-(Written by – Ed) Robert Vaughn Young<br />
+[Written by – Ed] Robert Vaughn Young<br />
 Hubbard's widowed editor who knows  to never reflex pronouns in his own voice, to not use sentence fragments and what to not close this one with.<br />
 Organic participles professionally dangled.<br />
 Free estimates. Batteries not included.<br />
-this <nowiki>**</nowiki>Stacy's former husband - phrase ( c) designated cult attorney, used with permission when said snidely <br />
+<nowiki>**</nowiki>Stacy's former husband - phrase ( c) designated cult attorney, used with permission when said snidely <br />
 [A proofreader has added: "The last bit is obviously a joke but I dont quite get it. I would remove it." However I have chosen to leave it in it and think it rather funny – what is called dry humour]
 == References==

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